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Brachypteryx, Ilorsfield. 



Four species of this genus were obtained at Darjeeling by Dr. 

 Jerdon. 



(1.) Brachypteryx cruralis, Blyth. 

 Allied to B. montana, Hoisfield, but smaller. 



(2.) Brachypteryx nipalensis, Hodgson. 

 Brachypteryx nipalensis, Moore, Horsfield's Cat. i. p. 367. 



(3.) Brachypteryx hyperythra, Jerd. & Blyth, n. s. 



Female ? Dusky olive-brown above, ferruginous below, save the 

 middle of the belly, which is white ; lores tinged with ferruginous ; 

 bill corneous, and legs pale. 



Length about 5 in., of wing 2i in., and of tail l-S in. ; bill to gape 

 f in., and tarsi 1 -j^ in. 



(4.) Brachypteryx rufifrons, Jerd. & Blyth, n. s. 



Female 1 Dull greenish olive-brown above, paler brown with a 

 rufescent tinge on the throat and front ; middle of the belly albes- 

 cent ; forehead brightish ferruginous ; bill dusky, and legs dusky 



Length 5| in., of wing 2| in., and tail If in. ; bill to gape 4 in., 

 and tarsi li in. & r s > 



Siphia ERiTHACUS, Jerd. & Blyth, n. s. 



Form typical. Colour dusky-slate above and on the side of the 

 throat and neck ; middle of throat, breast and flanks bright ferru- 

 ginous ; vent, lower tail-coverts, and base of all but the middle pair 

 of tail-feathers white ; rest of tail and wings dusky ; the great alars 

 slightly bordered with brown ; bill blackish, and feet brown. 



Length about 5 in., of wing 2| in., and tail 2 in. ; bill to gape 

 Hab. Sikkira ; Himalaya. 



Genus Nitidula, Jerd. & Blyth. 



Resembles Muscicapula, Blyth, but has a slender undepressed 

 bill, like that of Phylloscopus. 



Nitidula campbelli, Jerd. & Blyth. 



Colour bright dark-indigo-blue above, passing to ultramarine on 

 the crown ; shght frontal band, lores, ear-coverts, and sides of neck 

 black ; wings and tail the same, a little margined with the hue of 

 the back ; throat, breast, and belly clear bright ferruginous ; the 

 axillaries, tibial plumes, vent, and lower tail-coverts white/ bill 

 blackish, and legs pale plumbeous. 



Length about 4 in., of wing ll in., and tail U in. ; bill to gape 

 ^ in., and tarsi f in. ^ 



Hab. Sikkim ; Himalaya. 



